- ruminatively
- adverb see ruminate
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
ruminatively
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ruminatively — See ruminative. * * * … Universalium
ruminatively — adverb In a ruminative way … Wiktionary
ruminatively — ruËmɪneɪtɪv / nÉ™tɪv adv. meditatively, while thinking deeply, pensively … English contemporary dictionary
ruminatively — ru·mi·na·tive·ly … English syllables
ruminatively — adverb see ruminative … Useful english dictionary
ruminative — [[t]ru͟ːmɪnətɪv, AM neɪt [/t]] ADJ If you are ruminative, you are thinking very deeply and carefully about something. [FORMAL] He was uncharacteristically depressed and ruminative. Syn: thoughtful Derived words: ruminatively ADV ADV with v He… … English dictionary
ruminate — verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: Latin ruminatus, past participle of ruminari to chew the cud, muse upon, from rumin , rumen rumen; perhaps akin to Sanskrit romantha act of chewing the cud Date: 1533 transitive verb 1. to go over in the mind… … New Collegiate Dictionary
ruminate — ruminatingly, adv. rumination, n. ruminative, adj. ruminatively, adv. ruminator, n. /rooh meuh nayt /, v., ruminated, ruminating. v.i. 1. to chew the cud, as a ruminant. 2. to … Universalium
ruminative — ru|mi|na|tive [ˈru:mınətıv US neıtıv] adj formal thinking deeply and carefully about something ▪ a typically ruminative speech >ruminatively adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
ruminate — [ ru:mɪneɪt] verb 1》 think deeply about something. 2》 (of a ruminant) chew the cud. Derivatives rumination noun ruminative adjective ruminatively adverb ruminator noun Origin … English new terms dictionary
